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Kolmogorov-Arnold networks (KANs) represent data features by learning the activation functions and demonstrate superior accuracy with fewer parameters, FLOPs, GPU memory usage (Memory), shorter training time (TraT), and testing time (TesT)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Yanheng Wang , Xiaohan Yu , Yongsheng Gao , Jianjun Sha , Jian Wang , Shiyong Yan , Kai Qin , Yonggang Zhang , Lianru Gao

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN) are a new class of neural network architecture representing a promising alternative to the Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), demonstrating improved expressiveness and interpretability. However, KANs suffer from…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Cale Coffman , Lizhong Chen

Neural networks have been criticised for their inability to perform continual learning due to catastrophic forgetting and rapid unlearning of a past concept when a new concept is introduced. Catastrophic forgetting can be alleviated by…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-16 Heinrich van Deventer , Pieter Janse van Rensburg , Anna Bosman

It is known that any continuous multivariate function can be represented exactly by a composition functions of a single variable - the so-called Kolmogorov-Arnold representation. It can be a convenient tool for tasks where it is required to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Michael Poluektov , Andrew Polar

In traditional neural network architectures, a multilayer perceptron (MLP) is typically employed as a classification block following the feature extraction stage. However, the Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) presents a promising alternative…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Valeriy Lobanov , Nikita Firsov , Evgeny Myasnikov , Roman Khabibullin , Artem Nikonorov

This paper introduces the Hierarchical Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (HKAN), a novel network architecture that offers a competitive alternative to the recently proposed Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN). Unlike KAN, which relies on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Grzegorz Dudek , Tomasz Rodak

This note addresses the Kolmogorov-Arnold Representation Theorem (KART) and the Universal Approximation Theorem (UAT), focusing on their frequent misinterpretations found in the neural network literature. Our remarks aim to support a more…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Vugar Ismailov

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) are a class of neural networks that have received increased attention in recent literature. In contrast to MLPs, KANs leverage parameterized, trainable activation functions and offer several benefits…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Jamison Moody , James Usevitch

Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) have significantly advanced various fields by effectively recognizing patterns and solving complex problems. Despite these advancements, their interpretability remains a critical challenge, especially in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Alejandro Polo-Molina , David Alfaya , Jose Portela

We introduce Kolmogorov--Arnold Neural Operator (KANO), a dual-domain neural operator jointly parameterized by both spectral and spatial bases with intrinsic symbolic interpretability. We theoretically demonstrate that KANO overcomes the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Jin Lee , Ziming Liu , Xinling Yu , Yixuan Wang , Haewon Jeong , Murphy Yuezhen Niu , Zheng Zhang

Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) has attracted growing interest for its strong function approximation capability. In our previous work, KAN and its variants were explored in score regression for blind image quality assessment (BIQA).…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-29 Ze Chen , Shaode Yu

High-dimensional linear mappings, or linear layers, dominate both the parameter count and the computational cost of most modern deep-learning models. We introduce a general-purpose drop-in replacement, lookup multivariate Kolmogorov-Arnold…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-20 Sergey Pozdnyakov , Philippe Schwaller

Kolmogorov--Arnold networks (KANs) have demonstrated their potential as an alternative to multi-layer perceptions (MLPs) in various domains, especially for science-related tasks. However, transfer learning of KANs remains a relatively…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-17 Yihang Gao , Michael K. Ng , Vincent Y. F. Tan

We introduce a novel symbolic regression framework, namely KAN-SR, built on Kolmogorov Arnold Networks (KANs) which follows a divide-and-conquer approach. Symbolic regression searches for mathematical equations that best fit a given dataset…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Marco Andrea Bühler , Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez

Existing low-light image enhancement methods are difficult to fit the complex nonlinear relationship between normal and low-light images due to uneven illumination and noise effects. The recently proposed Kolmogorov-Arnold networks (KANs)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Aoxiang Ning , Minglong Xue , Jinhong He , Chengyun Song

Score prediction is crucial in evaluating realistic image sharpness based on collected informative features. Recently, Kolmogorov-Arnold networks (KANs) have been developed and witnessed remarkable success in data fitting. This study…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-06 Shaode Yu , Ze Chen , Zhimu Yang , Jiacheng Gu , Bizu Feng

Surrogate-assisted Evolutionary Algorithm (SAEA) is an essential method for solving expensive expensive problems. Utilizing surrogate models to substitute the optimization function can significantly reduce reliance on the function…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Hao Hao , Xiaoqun Zhang , Bingdong Li , Aimin Zhou

The memory wall problem arises due to the disparity between fast processors and slower memory, causing significant delays in data access, even more so on edge devices. Data prefetching is a key strategy to address this, with traditional…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Dhruv Kulkarni , Bharat Bhammar , Henil Thaker , Pranav Dhobi , R. P. Gohil , Sai Manoj Pudukotai Dinkarrao

Kolmogorov Arnold Networks (KANs) are neural architectures inspired by the Kolmogorov Arnold representation theorem that leverage B Spline parameterizations for flexible, locally adaptive function approximation. Although KANs can capture…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Wenhao Liang , Wei Emma Zhang , Lin Yue , Miao Xu , Olaf Maennel , Weitong Chen

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) are a recent neural network architecture offering an alternative to Multilayer Perceptrons (MLPs) with improved explainability and expressibility. However, KANs are significantly slower than MLPs due to the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Eduardo Said Merin-Martinez , Andres Mendez-Vazquez , Eduardo Rodriguez-Tello